As part of Pinterest week at Firebelly, here are some of the key findings from RJ Metrics: The all-time most popular pinboard categories are Home (17.2%), Arts and Crafts (12.4%), Style/Fashion (11.7%), and Food (10.5%). Food is the fastest-growing pinboard category. Many of our clients have already recognized the value of Pinterest. Ciao for now!

In this age of real-time social and customer engagement I wanted to share two charts that dramatically demonstrate how important timing is to the success of your brand from both a macro and micro perspective. The first is a chart for Linked In Analytics that breaks out the growing and shrinking industries as defined by the volume of jobs added or lost. The second chart from U.S.

Tweet 2012 is the year of the visual. We’re finally getting to the point where most businesses are—in someway or another—participating on social media sites. So how can you ensure that your business Facebook page or Twitter profile stands apart from the competition in the eyes of the consumer? It’s all about sharing high-quality, unique, and original content. So why aren’t you?

Simply become active in Facebook! Facebook has about 830 million users worldwide which means it reaches one fifth of the global population. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg predicted there will be 1.43 billion social network users in 2012, 63.2% of internet users will visit a social network at least once a month, rising to 67.6% in 2013 and 70.7% in 2014. The top ten largest countries are: 1.

Pushing Social We see it happen all the time, social media crises break out, the brands are unprepared and the angry crowd takes control of their social media channel – and the brand. Some brands manage to recover quickly, while others continue to be blogged about and made examples of. But did you know that simply having an established blog can help protect you from all of that negativity taking over? Even without a crisis plan your blog can help you regain control of the situation and put an end to the crisis, while coming out of it with minimum repercussions. 4- FAQ your way to amnesty.
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It’s becoming even more important to disclose the work you do with clients, particularly if it isn’t clear you’re working with a company on their online efforts. The FTC recently released their “ Dot Com Disclosures ,” which spells out what is OK and what is not. Our own Lisa Gerber wrote a blog post a few weeks ago, detailing why we write (client) on things we tweet, Facebook, pin, update, or connect on behalf of clients. ” Well, now it doesn’t matter whether or not you think it’s ridiculous. The disclosure must be clear and conspicuous.
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We see it happen all the time, social media crises break out, the brands are unprepared and the angry crowd takes control of their social media channel – and the brand. Some brands manage to recover quickly, while others continue to be blogged about and made examples of. But did you know that simply having an established blog can help protect you from all of that negativity taking over? Even without a crisis plan your blog can help you regain control of the situation and put an end to the crisis, while coming out of it with minimum repercussions. 3- There’s no guessing in knowledge.
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?. This is a guest post from Karim Kanji. . It would make sense. Banks being active on social media, that is. If you’ve seen TD’s “odd couple” commercial you’re probably aware that banks want to portray themselves as becoming a financial “convenience store”. They are open before you get to work and they close after you’ve reached home. TD Bank (and Canada Trust before they changed colours) pioneered the concept that banker’s hours should extend beyond the 9am-3pm time slot. So being active on social media seems like a natural extension of becoming more convenient. Or work. Or the bus.
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Today’s guest post is written by Kristine Simpson. . It all started with Inside PR , a 15-minute discussion about PR, social media, and communications and how they intersect and on occasions diverge, hosted by Gini Dietrich , Martin Waxman , and Joseph Thornley. And now I have become an advocate of the podcast. As the producer of Inside PR, I have seen what a podcast can do to build your brand and relationships with your audience. Here are just a few reasons why I love podcasting, and why you should love it too. Extend your network by communicating with everyone. . In walks the podcast.
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